The state of Georgia is undermining our public schools. This may seem like an exaggeration, but the facts are clear. So, what really happened during the last session of the General Assembly? The most heated issue was a fight over who gets to authorize charter schools, but this is still a distraction from the larger… [Read More]

Rep. David Casas doesn’t want you to read this. During the rush of the final days of the 2012 General Assembly Rep. Casas tried to sneak through a bill that would have lowered educational standards for a select few colleges in Georgia and generated more student debt. To no fanfare, debate or media coverage, the… [Read More]

The American Legislative Exchange Council is the most powerful corporate front group you’ve never heard of. Financed almost entirely by Big Business, the group lets corporations help write model legislation that is then secretly passed on to legislators to be passed in state legislatures. Most of the time, the public doesn’t even know that a… [Read More]

Georgia lawmakers struck a last-minute agreement to restrict abortions five months after a woman becomes pregnant, regardless of the underlying health conditions. The bright-line restriction bans the doctor’s experience and advice. It gives Georgia government full control over a woman’s body from that point forward. The bill is sitting on the desk of Gov. Nathan… [Read More]

It’s often difficult for progressives to acknowledge corporations, like Coca-Cola, for the good decisions they make. Too often, we have a knee-jerk reaction to bash companies for being too focused on their bottom line and accuse them of neglecting their community and their workers. This tight focus on “bad corporations” leaves us open to criticism… [Read More]

Rep. Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) isn’t a happy camper this week. Although the American Legislative Exchange Council is too toxic for Coca-Cola — and a growing list of companies — Rep. Brockway is standing tall as a defender of the group that operates in the shadows of our government. On Wednesday, Rep. Brockway took to his… [Read More]

So far, four major corporate sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have indicated they will not renew their memberships to the controversial conservative organization. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola was the first corporate member to announce its decision publicly. Others who have followed include accounting software maker Intuit, PepsiCo, and Kraft Foods, Inc. Better Georgia calls… [Read More]

A major victory for progressive values came out of the Coca-Cola headquarters today. And it’s a victory every Georgia voter should celebrate. As a result of political pressure on Coca-Cola and recent, intense media scrutiny on a radical right-wing organization, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Coca-Cola announced that the company will pull all funding from ALEC…. [Read More]

Government abuses happen at the top, with those who have power. Because our lawmakers are fighting to force some of Georgia’s hardest working parents to take a drug test, Better Georgia delivered a message (and some drug test specimen cups) to the Gold Dome. Here’s a video of how it all went down: Sign the… [Read More]

Attorney General Sam Olens should stand up against political campaigns that are funded by corporations. Sign the petition now. A.G. Olens should join Montana’s Attorney General Steve Bullock as he fights to overturn the Supreme Court’s most egregious recent decision. The Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was wrong the day it… [Read More]